Shoe-polishing device.



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FRANK DE BARBA'DILLO, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 EDWARD J. REILLY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SHOE-POLISHING DEVICE.

Specicaton of Letters atent.

Patented J une S, 1915.

Application filed December 2, 1914. Serial No. 875,094.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK Dn BARBADILLO, a citizen of the Republic of Peru, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Polishing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in shoe polishing devices involving a shoe supporting element and guide means for a polishing cloth used in conjunction therewith.

The essence of the invention lies in the production of an article susceptible of being very cheaply manufactured and possessing peculiarly arranged cloth guiding members which not only facilitate the polishing of the shoes but are so formed as to enable the cloth to be operated properly, particularly at the toe and heel portions of said shoe.

A still further object in view is to provide cloth guiding members of the character above mentioned having adjustable connection with the shoe supporting member so that the device may be used efliciently in connection with shoes of different widths, thus insuring polishing action of the cloth on the side portions of the shoe both when used in connection with shoes of narrow and wide lasts. j

These and such other objects as may here inafter appear are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and claimed.

Reference will now be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, wherein Figure l is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, with the extremities of the shoe supporting member broken away to show more clearly the interlocking connection between the cloth guiding members and the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the polishing device showing the shoe in position for being polished.

Referring to the drawing it will be observed that this device consists only of two main elements, namely the shoe supporting member 0r plate A which is preferably of wood, though obviously capable of being made of any other desired material, and the cloth guiding members B and C extending laterally from said shoe support. These latter members are identical in configuration and construction andare interlockingly connected with the support by having their eX- tremities seated in transverse grooves D formed in each end of the shoe supporting plate A. rlhis affords a sliding connection for each of the clothl guiding members so that the same may be extended or contracted according to the width of the shoe which is to be operated upon, such extension being clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings in dotted lines while the contracted form is disclosed by full lines. Obviously the guide members to be extended need only to be pulled laterally and the form of each of said members is such that it may be pulled at one end more than at the other end if the form of the shoe is such that the arrangement is desired or necessary. The guide members B and C are formed of very heavy wire material of more or less resilient character and when disposed in the end grooves maintain their adjusted position by reason of frictional Contact with the shoe support.

The plate or support A is preferably formed to have the general configuration of the shoe, and the guide members are also bent intermediate their length to conform substantially to the shape of said plate. The main portions of the guide members of course normally are disposed in spaced relation to the sides of the support A and each of said members is bent so as to provide a toe extension or loop B', C at the forward extremity and with a heel loop or extension B, C at its rear portion. One of the main difliculties in articles of a similar character to the present invention has been the proper manipulation of the polishing cloth at the toe and heel of the shoe and these cloth guiding members have been constructed to overcome such difficulties.

The use of the invention will be apparent, it being understood that a narrow strip of cloth is employed for polishing purposes, said strip being passed upwardly through the space between one cloth guiding member and the shoe support, over the shoe or foot Y placed upon said support and downwardly through the space between thc opposite cloth guiding member and the support. By re f ciprocating the cloth back and forth the polishing action is performed. l g

It is to be distinctly understood that I do not wish to be confined to the eXact configuration and form of the device as shown in the draWings since in these particulars changes may be made Within thev scopel of the appended claims and Without'departing from the spirit of said invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. In ashoe polishing device of the class described, the combination of a shoe-sup-V port or plate formed With transverse grooves at its end edges, and a cloth guiding member at each side of thesupport having itsl terf minals recurved for'ormingtoe andheel guide elements and for seating in the grooves aforesaid, said guideV members being movable laterally in the ygrooves With respect to each otherl and theshoe support adapted to abut with' each'other to'limit movement in one direction.

l 2. As a newI article of .manufacture, a shoe polishing device of theclass described port, said metal being bent also at its for- Ward end portion into a toe loop projecting forwardly of the lshoe support,.thevforward extremity of said metal being-bent laterally from saidloop for sitting. longitudinally in ythe groove at theorWard end ofsaid shoe support.

ln testimonyvvhereof l afx my signature in presence of tivo Witnesses.

v FRANK DE BARBADLLO. Witnessesz JOSEPH H. FRANK, EKMARIE PINNING.

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v Washington, D; C. 

